{"id":24710,"date":"2025-01-10T17:16:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=24710"},"modified":"2025-01-10T17:16:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:16:31","slug":"newcastle-chief-nickson-checking-on-burnley-keeper-trafford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/newcastle-chief-nickson-checking-on-burnley-keeper-trafford\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle chief Nickson checking on Burnley keeper Trafford"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/tottenham-chelsea-and-newcastle-to-bid-on-talented-paok-forward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newcastle<\/a> United have sent out head of recruitment Steve Nickson to scout for them.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Magpies are circling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burnleyfootballclub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Burnley<\/a> goalkeeper James Trafford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trafford, who used to play for <a href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leeds-interested-in-manchester-city-midfielder-mcatee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Manchester City <\/a>had some challenges adapting to Burnley last season.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, he has been exceptional in the Championship, and could transfer in the summer. According to The Mail, Newcastle will wait until the end of the term to make their move.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Martin Dubravaka likely to leave the club then, Trafford could be his replacement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newcastle United have sent out head of recruitment Steve Nickson to scout for them.\u00a0 The Magpies are circling Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford. Trafford, who used to play for Manchester City had some challenges adapting to Burnley last season.\u00a0 But, he has been exceptional in the Championship, and could transfer in the summer. According to The Mail, Newcastle will wait until the end of the term to make their move.&nbsp; With Martin Dubravaka likely to leave the club then, Trafford could be his replacement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,159,218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-football-news","category-premier-league-football-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Newcastle chief Nickson checking on Burnley keeper Trafford - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Newcastle United Steve Nickson is monitoring Burnley short stopper James Trafford. 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